Telnet Connection refused

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Hi all,

I’m having a really strange problem. When I try to connect to my Roku device through telnet, I’m getting “connection refused”.

I confirmed that developer mode is running, I even turned it off and then back on.

I type telnet 192.168.0.222 8085 (network settings on the roku box confirm this is the box’s internal IP)
Then I get the following:

Trying 192.168.0.222…
telnet: connect to address 192.168.0.222: Connection refused
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host

This worked last month… Does anyone know what’s going on?

Thanks so much,
Evan

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Are you using linux? Google has many items related to this. Looks to me that they’re all related to linux (which I don’t use so I can’t help in that dept). Have you changed anything with your OS since you were last successful?

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Ah, it turns out it was the IT dept here, they changed the router hardware, and I wasn’t aware of it. They fiddled with the settings and now it works fine again.

Thanks so much,
Evan

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Gotta keep your eye on those IT guys. Never know what they’re messing with.